Disaster and development management policy cum practice professional with more than 30 years of senior level experience of working as a Government Civil Servant in India, as the head/Vice Chair of Bihar State Disaster Management Authority, in Japan on a global senior position with UNDP and Afghanistan with UN Afghanistan Mission. A dept in top-level policy advocacy, managing and coordinating national/regional programmes, providing technical advisory,management and coordination, development programming, and disaster risk management at policy level as well as in strategic and programme planning and capacity development in Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Development with Government, UN and International NGOs. Applied keen analysis and insights and team approach to drive successful government negotiations, organizational improvements and implementation of best practices. Superior interpersonal skills, capable of resolving multiple and complex policy related issues and (human resources, financial, operational), and motivating staff to peak performance. Formerly:
Founder Vice-Chairman, Bihar State Disaster Management Authority,Government of Bihar, India: (August 2010 –September 2016), in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister.
Founder Advisor and Head of UNDP/International Recovery Platform (IRP), Kobe, Japan (Jan 2006 –Feb 2008)
Team Leader/Chief Consultant, Orientation Workshop for senior officials of Govt. of Afghanistan for Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-30 (Apr 2017 –Sep 2017).
Founder Executive Director, National Institute for Disaster Management, Govt of India (2001-2003).
Joint Secretary (Natural Disaster Management), Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India (Nov 1997 – May 2002).
Member, Steering Committee for UNICEF-GEAG project on Children and Resilient Cities (2017-18).
Sr. Advisor for IBFI, International Water Management Institute, Colombo,Sri Lanka (2017-18).
Relief Commissioner and Secretary, Department of Relief and Rehabilitation, Govt. of Bihar(1990-91).

Vice Chairman of Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), has served in Civil Services for more than 35years. He has been an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of 1982 batch in Bihar Cadre. Prior to his selection in IAS, he also joined Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1980 batch. Shri Vyas Ji has done MBA, M. Phil., LL.B. and P. G. Diploma in Public Administration and his interest areas include social and economic issues. He has widely travelled across the world, including USA, UK, Italy, Russia, China including Hongkong, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Nepal, Thailand and Australia etc. He has held responsibilities at many key positions in Government of Bihar and Government of India. He has many distinctions of new initiatives and reforms to his credit during his service period including the development of a DRR Roadmap in the State of Bihar, on the lines of Sendai Framework of DRR, making Bihar the first State to follow the footprints of Sendai framework.

was an Indian structural engineer, known for his expertise in the soil and foundation engineering and earthquake disaster management. He is a former chairman of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Committee on Earthquake Engineering and a recipient of the United Nations Sasakawa Disaster Prevention Award of 1997. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2002.